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Special Weather Statement, NWS Duluth, MN

August 9, 2015Burnett County, Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2015, 1:13 PM CDT for Burnett County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 2015, 1:13 PM CDT (18:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2015, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN

County Burnett County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 151 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2015-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 212 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2015-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
212 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
926 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Duluth, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 8, 6:45 PM CDT, 18 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 6:45 PM CDT, 18 hours 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 4:17 PM CDT, 20 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
417 PM CDT SAT AUG 8 2015

MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-091030-
KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-
NORTHERN ITASCA-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-
SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA-
SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN AITKIN-
CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-PINE-DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON-
BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE-
417 PM CDT SAT AUG 8 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. FAR NORTHWEST WISCONSIN
MAY ALSO SEE A SEVERE STORM OR TWO THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS
FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND AND
HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE IS SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2
ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY...AND THEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA ON
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS HAVE BEEN ACTIVATED OVER PORTIONS OF THE
NORTHLAND WITH ADDITIONAL ACTIVATION POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.

LSZ121-140>148-091030-
BAYFIELD TO OAK POINT WI-GRAND PORTAGE TO GRAND MARAIS MN-
GRAND MARAIS TO TACONITE HARBOR MN-
TACONITE HARBOR TO SILVER BAY HARBOR MN-
SILVER BAY HARBOR TO TWO HARBORS MN-TWO HARBORS TO DULUTH MN-
DULUTH MN TO PORT WING WI-PORT WING TO SAND ISLAND WI-
SAND ISLAND TO BAYFIELD WI-OAK POINT TO SAXON HARBOR WI-
417 PM CDT SAT AUG 8 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NEARSHORE
WATERS OF WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEARSHORE WATERS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. A SEVERE STORM IS POSSIBLE OVER THE
FAR WESTERN AREAS. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WIND.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE IS SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN LAKE
SUPERIOR ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY...AND THEN AGAIN ON THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY.

MELDE

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESS:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DULUTH (ALL LOWER CASE)

The office that day

Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 7:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCarlton22 min
Aug 8, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCook33 min
Aug 8, 7:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCarlton31 min
Aug 8, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Carlton27 min
Aug 8, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCook37 min
Aug 8, 7:47 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDLHLake, Saint Louis3 hr
Aug 8, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCook11 min
Aug 8, 8:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCarlton16 min
Aug 8, 9:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCarlton36 min
Aug 8, 9:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCarlton34 min
Aug 9, 5:04 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryDLHAitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Itasca, Lake and 1 more6 hr
Aug 8, 7:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHDouglas30 min
Aug 8, 10:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBurnett24 min
Aug 9, 12:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBurnett21 min
Aug 9, 2:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAshland24 min
Aug 9, 2:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAshland37 min
Aug 9, 3:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAshland28 min
Aug 9, 3:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPrice31 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.